no.62 - The Dentalcaballi

I don't subscribe to conspiracy theories. I suppose this attitude is a great delight to the world's conspirators. However, I do think something lousy is afoot with the dentists of the world.

They claim I need my teeth removed. Not all of of my teeth, as my Grandfather once advocated. (He felt false teeth were far easier to care for.) Dentists just want the wisdom teeth.

Odds are excellent that you've had yours removed, with a song and a dance about how they are extraneous; practically vestigial, and that your mouth needs more space for teeth with proper jobs.

When I was told these things by my dentist, I might have believed in his fable, were it not for the fact that I've already had four teeth pulled! I have eight extra teeth? Really?

When I made this comment to my dentist, he looked in my mouth, counted my teeth and said, "Huh. Well, it's just a suggestion."

Something is wrong with this scene. I liked my dentist. What would make him make such a suggestion?

Surely a man who can be trusted to put his hands in my mouth would never make such a brutal suggestion just to hasten the comfort of his retirement. Right?